Phil Carmen "Phrases, Patterns An' Shades" (1984) -Soft Rock-

Label : Schnoutz Records

 1

01 - Sing Happy Birthday (An' The Candle Burns Down) (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)

02 - Walkin' On Air (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)

03 - So Lonely (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)

04 - Seduction (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)

2

01 - Where Are We Goin' (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)

02 - Phrases, Patterns An' Shades (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)

03 - Panatlantic Writin' Man (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)

04 - Dreamer Dream On (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)

05 - Time To Go (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)

Produced by Eric Merz & Phil Carmen

Recorded at Sinus Studio, Berne

1

01 - Sing Happy Birthday (An' The Candle Burns Down) 

Drums : Thomas Wild

Bass : Rolf Spuler

Piano : Ueli Schweizer

Sax : Ralph Burn

Pedal Steel : Helmut Schöni

Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen

Backin' vocals : Shelly Martin

02 - Walkin' On Air 

Drums : Walker Keiser

Bass : Peter Keiser

Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen

03 - So Lonely 

Drums : Thomas Wild

Bass, Piano, Synthesizer, Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen

Backin' vocals : Shelly Martin

Steel Drum : Ralph Richardson

04 - Seduction 

Drums : Thomas Wild

Bass, Piano, Synthesizer, Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen

Backin' vocals : Shelly Martin

Steel Drum : Ralph Richardson

2

01 - Where Are We Goin' 

Drums : Walker Keiser

Bass : Peter Keiser

Synthesizer, Guitar & Vocals : Phil Carmen

02 - Phrases, Patterns An' Shades 

Drums : Gian Gadient

Bass, Guitars Vocals : Phil Carmen

Pedal Steel : Helmut Schöni

Pickin' Guitar : René Weber

Backin' vocals : Shelly Martin

03 - Panatlantic Writin' Man 

Drums : Thomas Wild

Bass, Synthesizer, Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen

Backin' vocals : Shelly Martin

04 - Dreamer Dream On 

Drums : Thomas Wild

Bass, Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen

Backin' vocals : Shelly Martin

Sax : Ralph Burn

05 - Time To Go

Drums : Thomas Wild

Bass, Guitars, Synthesizer & Vocals : Phil Carmen

Backin' vocals : Simon Sanders, Nathalie Sweeting & Ralph Burn

Phil Carmen "No Sweat" (1995) -SynthPop / High Tech AOR-

Label : Blue Martin Records

01 - No Sweat (Phil Carmen & Leslie-Ann Carmen)
02 - Caught The Love Bug (Phil Carmen & Leslie-Ann Carmen)
03 - Wanna Take Your Heart (Phil Carmen & Leslie-Ann Carmen)
04 - Mirror, Mirror On The Wall (Phil Carmen & Leslie-Ann Carmen)
05 - Gone In The Rain (Phil Carmen & Leslie-Ann Carmen)
06 - Retread Rider (Phil Carmen & Tony Lewis)
07 - The Moon Ain't Gonna Shine On The Bright Side (Phil Carmen & Leslie-Ann Carmen)
08 - Shining Eyes (Phil Carmen & Leslie-Ann Carmen)
09 - Roving On (Phil Carmen & Leslie-Ann Carmen)
10 - I Found You In Time (Phil Carmen & Simon D. Sanders)
11 - I'm A Working Class Man* (Phil Carmen & James Slater)
12 - I Can't Sleep* (Phil Carmen & Leslie-Ann Carmen)


All Songs Composed, Arranged & Produced by Phil Carmen
Except* Produced by David Richards & Phil Carmen
Recorded & Mixed by Phil Carmen at Picar Recording Studio, Stein & Rhein, except* Recorded & Mixed by David Richards at Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland for Picar Music/SUISA


01 - No Sweat

Guitars, Vocals & Keyboard Programming : Phil Carmen
Programming : Rolf Krüger
Backing vocals : Leslie-Ann Carmen

02 - Caught The Love Bug

Guitars, Vocals & Keyboards : Phil Carmen
Sax : Dick Morrissey
Trumpet : Mostafa Krieger
Programming : Rolf Krüger
Backing vocals : Liane Carroll

03 - Wanna Take Your Heart

Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen
Drums : Dave Mattacks
Percussion : Mostafa Krieger
Organ & Backing vocals : Liane Carroll

04 - Mirror, Mirror On The Wall

Guitars, Vocals, Programming, Piano & Keyboards : Phil Carmen
Percussion : Mostafa Krieger
Backing vocals : Liane Carroll

05 - Gone In The Rain

Guitars, Vocals, Keyboard & Accordion : Phil Carmen
Percussion : Mostafa Krieger
Piano & Backing vocals : Liane Carroll

06 - Retread Rider

Guitars, Bass & Vocals : Phil Carmen
Drums : Dave Mattacks
Organ : Liane Carroll

07 - The Moon Ain't Gonna Shine On The Bright Side

Guitars, Keyboards & Vocals : Phil Carmen
Additional Drums & Percussion : Martin Kohler

08 - Shining Eyes

Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards & Programming : Phil Carmen

09 - Roving On

Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards & Programming : Phil Carmen
Drums : Dave Mattacks
Bass : Steve Evans
Organ : Liane Carroll
Sax : Dick Morrissey
Trumpet : Mostafa Krieger

10 - I Found You In Time

Guitars, Programming & Vocals : Phil Carmen
Sax : Dick Morrissey

11 - I'm A Working Class Man

Guitars, Bass & Vocals : Phil Carmen
Organ : Liane Carroll
Drums : Walter Keiser

12 - I Can't Sleep

Guitars, Bass & Vocals : Phil Carmen
Dobro : Helmut Schöni
Drums : Walter Keiser

Phil Carmen "Backfire" (1982) -Soft Rock-

Label : Metronome Records

 Side One

01 - Sin-City (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)
02 - Road To Freedom (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)
03 - Still On My Mind (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)
04 - Risin' Up, New Mornin' (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)
05 - But Marianne (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)
06 - Lovin' You (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)

Side Two

01 - Sometimes (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)
02 - Backfire (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)
03 - Hobo Joe (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)
04 - Requiem For A Neighbour (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)


Recorded in Montreux : Moutain Studio by David Richards
Berne : Sinus Studio by Ron Kurz & Peter McTaggard
Lucerne : Soundville Studio by René Zingg
Mixdown : Sinus Studio, Berne by Eric Merz


Side One

01 - Sin-City

Bass : José Matos
Drums : Gian Gadient
Guitar & Backing vocal : Francis Coletta
Guitars & Vocal : Phil Carmen

02 - Road To Freedom

Bass : Rob Lynn
Drums : Gian Gadient
Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen

03 - Still On My Mind

Bass : Mike Thompson
Drums : Guido Ettlin
Organ : Rolf Schmidt
Pedal Steel : Martin Rohner
Saxophone : Ralph Burn
Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen

04 - Risin' Up, New Mornin'

Bass : Rob Lynn
Drums : Gian Gadient
Guitars & Vocal : Phil Carmen

05 - But Marianne

Bass : Mike Thompson
Drums : Guido Ettlin
Organ : Rolf Schmidt
Saxophone : Ralph Burn
Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen

06 - Lovin' You

Bass : Rob Lynn
Drums : Gian Gadient
Guitars & Vocal : Phil Carmen
Synthesizer : Gian Gadient & Phil Carmen

Side Two

01 - Sometimes

Bass : Mike Thompson
Drums : Walter Keiser
Pedal Steel : Hans Holzher
Guitars & Vocal : Phil Carmen
Backing vocals : S.D. Sanders & Phil Carmen

02 - Backfire

Bass : Rob Lynn
Drums & Percussion : Gian Gadient
Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen

03 - Hobo Joe

Bass : Rob Lynn
Drums : Gian Gadient
Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen

04 - Requiem For A Neighbour

Guitars & Vocal : Phil Carmen

Phil Carmen "Wise Monkeys" (1986) -Soft Rock-

Label : Metronome Records

 Side 1

01 - Rain (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)
02 - Fire In The Night (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)
03 - Linda's Cafe (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)
04 - Seeing's Believin' (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)

Side 2

01 - Moonshine Still (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)
02 - Anything You Like (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)
03 - Cool Girl (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)
04 - Wise Monkeys (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)


All Songs Composed, Arranged & Produced by Phil Carmen
Lyrics : Simon Dale Sanders
Engineers : Phil Carmen, Sir Beer & Ajay Mathur
Horn Arrangements in Co-operation : Christian Ostermeyer & Mostafa Kafai Azimi
Recorded & Mixed at Picer Studio, Switzerland


Side 1

01 - Rain

Drums : Walter Keiser
Bass : Peter Keiser
Trumpet : Mostafa Kafai Azimi
Sax : Christian Ostermeier
Vocals : Steff Bürgi
Keyboards, Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen

02 - Fire In The Night

Drums : Walter Keiser
Bass : Peter Keiser
Trumpet : Mostafa Kafai Azimi
Sax : Christian Ostermeier
Organ : Christoph Stiefel & Steff Bürgi
Vocals : Sanna & Yvonne
Keyboards, Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen

03 - Linda's Cafe

Drums : Walter Keiser
Bass : Peter Keiser
Keyboards : Ueli Schweizer
Keyboards, Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen

04 - Seeing's Believin'

Drums : Walter Keiser
Bass : Peter Keiser
Trumpet & Bongos : Mostafa Kafai Azimi
Sax : Christian Ostermeier
Vocals : Sanna, Yvonne & Steff Bürgi
Keyboards, Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen

Side 2

01 - Moonshine Still

Drums : Walter Keiser
Bass : Peter Keiser
Trumpet : Mostafa Kafai Azimi
Sax : Christian Ostermeier
Keyboards : Kurt Baebi
Vocals : Sanna & Yvonne
Guitars : Sir Bee
Keyboards, Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen

02 - Anything You Like

Drums : Walter Keiser
Bass : Peter Keiser
Bongos : Mostafa Kafai Azimi
Vocals : Sanna & Yvonne
Guitars, Keyboards & Vocals : Phil Carmen

03 - Cool Girl

Drums : Walter Keiser
Bass : Peter Keiser
Trumpet & Bongos : Mostafa Kafai Azimi
Sax : Christian Ostermeier
Keyboards, Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen

04 - Wise Monkeys

Drums : Walter Keiser
Bass : Peter Keiser
Trumpet : Mostafa Kafai Azimi
Sax : Christian Ostermeier
Vocals : Sanna & Yvonne
Keyboards, Percussion & Vocals : Phil Carmen

Phil Carmen "Walkin' The Dog" (1985) -Westcoast Rock-

Label : Metronome Records

 Side A

01 - On My Way In L.A. (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)
02 - Reason Return (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)
03 - Trapshooter (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)
04 - Walkin' The Dog (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)

Side B

01 - You Said It (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)
02 - Hey, You... (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)
03 - Peculiar Feelin' (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)
04 - What's She Thinkin' Now (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)
05 - Song For Raquel (Phil Carmen & Simon Dale Sanders)


Produced by Phil Carmen
Recorded & Mixed at Picar Studio - Ch - Stein a Rhein
Engineers : Phil Cramen, Ron Kurz & Martin Pearson


Side A

01 - On My Way In L.A.

Drums : Gian Gadient
Bass : R. Fliesch & Phil Carmen
Synthesizer : K. Baebi
Trumpet : Mostafa Kafai Azimi
Saxes : Ralph Burn & W. Detfling
Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen
Backing vocals : Sanna

02 - Reason Return

Drums : Walter Keiser
Bass : Peter Keiser
Synthesizer : W. Szendezki
Electric Guitar : Sir Bee
Acoustic Guitar & All Vocals : Phil Carmen
Backing vocals : Sanna

03 - Trapshooter

Drums : Walter Keiser
Bass : Peter Keiser
Synthesizer : W. Szendezki
Trumpet : Mostafa Kafai Azimi
Guitars & All Vocals : Phil Carmen

04 - Walkin' The Dog

Drums : G. Ettlin
Bass : Peter Keiser
Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen
Backing vocals : Sanna & Heather
Synthesizer : W. Szendezki
Piano : Phil Carmen

Side B

01 - You Said It

Drums : Walter Keiser
Bass : Peter Keiser
Synthesizer : W. Szendezki
Steel : H. Schöni
12-String Guitar : Sir Bee
Electric Guitar & Vocals : Phil Carmen
Backing vocals : Sanna & Yvonne

02 - Hey, You...

Drums : Gian Gadient
Bass : R. Fliesch
Synthesizer : K. Baebi
Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen
Backing vocals : Sanna
Sax : R. Burn

03 - Peculiar Feelin'

Drums : Walter Keiser
Bass : Peter Keiser
Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen
Backing vocals : Sanna & Yvonne

04 - What's She Thinkin' Now

Drums : M. Stickdorn
Bass, Guitars, Organ & Synthesizers : Phil Carmen
Vocals : Phil Carmen & Sanna

05 - Song For Raquel

Drums : Walter Keiser
Bass : Peter Keiser
Synthesizer : W. Szendezki & K. Baebi
Percussion : P. Haldemann
Saxes : W. Dettling
Guitars & Vocals : Phil Carmen